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Minneapolis, Minn. – Rainforest Action Network (RAN) released the following statement today in response to Cargill’s denial of the evidence presented in our May 4, 2010 report, Cargill’s Problem with Palm Oil: A Burning Threat in Borneo.

“No one wishes more than we do that Cargill wasn’t destroying rainforests. Pictures and maps don’t lie, however.

“We stand by the evidence released in our report that Cargill’s plantations in Indonesia are cutting down rainforests, violating the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), and are out of compliance with Indonesian law.”

Wayzata, Minn. - In the wake of a damning report linking Cargill to the destruction of Indonesia's rainforests, activists with Rainforest Action Network occupied the executive offices of the nation's largest private agribusiness company today. Playing a loud recording of chainsaws cutting down rainforests and holding signs reading "This is the sound of your supply chain," and "Mr. Page: Rainforest Destruction Stops with You," five activists locked themselves to the staircase of the Lake Office, blocking the entrance to the company's executive offices for over two hours.

Wayzata, Minn. – Six activists with Rainforest Action Network (RAN) have taken over the executive offices of the nation’s largest private agribusiness company. Playing a loud recording of chainsaws cutting down rainforests and holding signs reading “This is the sound of your supply chain,” and “Mr. Page: Rainforest Destruction Stops with You,” the activists have locked themselves to the staircase of the Lake Office, blocking the entrance to the company’s executive offices.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Cargill, the nation’s largest importer of palm oil and supplier to some of the nation’s largest food companies, was directly linked to rainforest destruction today in a report entitled Cargill’s Problems with Palm Oil: A Burning Threat in Borneo, released by Rainforest Action Network (RAN).

Substance, a local nonprofit combining music and activism, teamed up with the Rainforest Action Network to organize RAN ART, an art show designed to select a campaign poster for RAN and raise public awareness. RAN ART will take place May 1st at Tarnish & Gold Gallery. Rogue Citizen, a local artist collaborative, is co-sponsoring the event, which will also feature music from Kill the Vultures, Bouncer Fighter, and Phantom Tails.

The next time you bite into a burger, consider this: Livestock create more greenhouse gas emissions than all the cars, trucks, planes, and other fossil-fueled modes of transportation in the world. In fact, our current food system—from industrial farming to packaging to transporting—contributes as much as one-third of total greenhouse gas emissions.

Food's critical place in the climate-change equation is not common knowledge. But author Anna Lappé is doing her best to change that.

MINNEAPOLIS - Area anglers caught more than fish on Saturday morning as agribusiness giant Cargill was publicly denounced as a driver of climate change and global deforestation. Activists with California-based Rainforest Action Network (RAN) transformed a Lake Minnetonka sailboat into a floating banner which read “Cargill: Biofueling Climate Change.” A second boat carried a large balloon with the message “Cargill: Foe to the Family Farmer.”

Kraft Foods, Kellogg's and other U.S. food producers come under attack as demand for vegetable oil made from palm trees soars.

What do Oreo cookies made by Nabisco (KFT, Fortune 500), Cheez-It crackers from Kellogg's (K, Fortune 500) or General Mills' (GIS, Fortune 500) Fiber One Chewy Bars have to do with global warming and the destruction of tropical rainforests? A lot, say environmental activists.